Full Text of HB2975 98th General Assembly
HB2975 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB2975 Introduced , by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 105 ILCS 5/14-1.09.1 | | 105 ILCS 5/14-1.09.2 | |
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Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. In a Section concerning school psychological services, provides that nothing in the Section prohibits school social workers from providing those school psychological services listed for which they are appropriately trained. In a Section concerning school social work services, provides that school social worker services may include providing those school psychological services listed under the Section concerning school psychological services if the person is appropriately trained. Adds references to Professional Educator Licenses in these Sections.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | 5 | | 14-1.09.1 and 14-1.09.2 as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/14-1.09.1)
| 7 | | Sec. 14-1.09.1. School psychological services. In the | 8 | | public schools,
school psychological
services provided by | 9 | | qualified specialists who hold Type 73 School
Service Personnel | 10 | | Certificates endorsed for school psychology issued by the
State | 11 | | Teacher Certification Board or who hold a Professional Educator | 12 | | License with a school service personnel endorsement in the area | 13 | | of school psychologist under Section 21B-25 of this Code may
| 14 | | include, but are not limited to: (i) administration and | 15 | | interpretation of
psychological and
educational evaluations; | 16 | | (ii) developing school-based prevention programs,
including | 17 | | violence prevention programs; (iii) counseling
with students, | 18 | | parents, and teachers
on educational and mental health issues; | 19 | | (iv) acting as liaisons between public
schools and community | 20 | | agencies; (v) evaluating
program effectiveness; (vi) providing | 21 | | crisis intervention within the
school setting; (vii) helping | 22 | | teachers, parents, and others involved in the
educational | 23 | | process to provide optimum teaching and learning conditions for |
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| 1 | | all
students; (viii) supervising school psychologist interns | 2 | | enrolled in school
psychology programs that meet the standards | 3 | | established by the State Board of
Education; and (ix) screening | 4 | | of school enrollments to identify children who
should be | 5 | | referred for individual study. Nothing in this Section | 6 | | prohibits
other qualified professionals , including school | 7 | | social workers, from providing those services
listed for which
| 8 | | they are appropriately trained.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 89-339, eff. 8-17-95.)
| 10 | | (105 ILCS 5/14-1.09.2)
| 11 | | Sec. 14-1.09.2. School Social Work Services. In the
public | 12 | | schools, social work services may be provided by qualified | 13 | | specialists
who hold Type 73 School Service Personnel | 14 | | Certificates endorsed for school
social work issued by the | 15 | | State Teacher Certification Board or who hold a Professional | 16 | | Educator License with a school service personnel endorsement in | 17 | | the area of school social worker
under Section 21B-25 of this | 18 | | Code .
| 19 | | School social work services may include, but are not | 20 | | limited to:
| 21 | | (1) Identifying students in need of special education | 22 | | services by
conducting a social-developmental study in a | 23 | | case study evaluation;
| 24 | | (2) Developing and implementing comprehensive | 25 | | interventions with students,
parents, and teachers that |
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| 1 | | will enhance student adjustment to, and performance
in, the | 2 | | school setting;
| 3 | | (3) Consulting and collaborating with teachers and | 4 | | other school personnel
regarding behavior management and | 5 | | intervention plans and inclusion in support
of special | 6 | | education students in regular classroom settings;
| 7 | | (4) Counseling with students, parents, and teachers in | 8 | | accordance with
the rules and regulations governing | 9 | | provision of related services, provided
that parent | 10 | | permission must be obtained in writing before a student
| 11 | | participates in a group counseling session;
| 12 | | (5) Acting as a liaison between the public schools and | 13 | | community
resources;
| 14 | | (6) Developing and implementing school-based | 15 | | prevention programs
including mediation and violence | 16 | | prevention;
| 17 | | (7) Providing crisis intervention within the school | 18 | | setting;
| 19 | | (8) Supervising school social work interns enrolled in | 20 | | school social work
programs that meet the standards | 21 | | established by the State Board of Education;
| 22 | | (9) Providing parent education and counseling as | 23 | | appropriate in relation
to the child's educational | 24 | | assessment; and
| 25 | | (10) Assisting in completing a functional behavioral | 26 | | assessment, as
well as assisting in the development of |
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| 1 | | nonaversive behavioral intervention
strategies ; and .
| 2 | | (11) Providing those school psychological services | 3 | | listed under Section 14-1.09.1 of this Code if the person | 4 | | is appropriately trained. | 5 | | Nothing in this Section prohibits other certified | 6 | | professionals from
providing any of the services listed in this | 7 | | Section for which
they are appropriately trained.
| 8 | | (Source: P.A. 92-362, eff. 8-15-01; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02.)
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